My Old Friend Jack (full version)

Do you remember my old friend Jack.
They caught him with some cocaine a long while back.
Well he's home now and he's trying to start a new life.
I'd really like to make it over there to see him and his wife.

He played a mighty fine guitar, mandolin and steel.
He used to play a lot before he started to deal
And I'm hoping that he hasn't forgotten how to sing
And that prison hasn't scarred his soul and ruined everything.

He was such an inspirarion to me.
When he played and sang he made it look so easy
And when my songs were just beginning to come
He told me this, "You've got to follow your bliss.
A song is like a kiss. You've got to put yourself into it."

So Steve if you can manage to maybe scare up a car,
We'll go wake up Billy and tell him to grab a guitar
You can drive and I can roll
And we'll be there by high noon.
Maybe Jack will surprise us with a brand new tune.

Jack taught you well
If the production wasn't great, i would still love this song... it stands on
it's own... but aside from being a well crafted tune, it is produced right
on target... drum sounds, all the playing, passion in the vox... you pick
us up, and take us somewhere!!

Very Professional.......
Wow, straight out of the studio, you guy's arn't screwin' around, incredible sound quality, honestly , I didn't like your song that much, but you guy's are very good musician's and definitly very good song writer's.

Nitty-Gritty Production
It's probably the mandolin that helps suggest The Dirt Band, but it's
alright, this performance has more power than that. Just very well-done
and produced.

The arrangement is somewhat curious, evolving as it does from what
would seem to be a straightforward acoustic-country feel to a pop
flourish with strings and horns at the end. How did that happen? ;-)

So good
Beautiful work.
I know this is the time where I list up all the things about this that I liked,
but I won't. Simply because I don't really know what it is about this piece
that makes it such a pleasurable listen for me.
What I do know, though, is that it works - whatever 'it' might be.

An excellent song and a mighty fine addition to my iPod!
Thanks for sharing!

all the way around
you've got a fine voice, and this is a great track. good song craft. nice
melody and lyrics. tasty guitar work as well. are you playing all the
instruments here? thats damn impressive. also its just an excellent
mix, great production all the way around

Terrific
Really great stuff... beyond my ability to offer an type of criticism on such
a well written, performed and produced song. This is a damn fine tune
and it was my pleasure to listen to it. Instant fave and download. Thanks!

The best arrangement
I have heard from your tracks so far. I like the subtleness of the verses and how the chorus opens up. Very well sung. My fav. of the songs I have heard of yours so far. Well done hook and great harmonies. Well done. Could use a little de essing on this vocal too IMO.

Singer, songwriter and musician (AKA Lyndon Heart). Born in Chicago and fairly well traveled.
Nightclub and studio musician for a long time.
So glad to be living in this amazing time of music making technology. ... [see more]